WOOD CARVING PROGRAM OVERVIEW & WORKBOOK
MERIT BADGE UNIVERSITY OVERLAND TRAILS COUNCIL
TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAM OVERVIEW MERIT BADGE REQUIREMENTS (PRE-REQUISITE REQUIREMENTS IN BOLD RED UNDERLINED ITALICS)
WORKBOOK PART ONE (COMPLETE BEFORE ATTENDING MBU)
WORKBOOK PART TWO (WILL BE COMPLETED DURING CLASS)
Overland Trails Council, May 2012 Information in this booklet was accurate at the time of publishing. Wood Carving Merit Badge Requirements, 2006. Copyrighted Boy Scouts of America
WOOD CARVING PROGRAM OVERVIEW BRING TO CLASS:
Wood Carving merit badge pamphlet. Wood Carving merit badge workbook, part one & part two. Signed “Application for Merit Badge” Blue Card.
PRE-REQUISITES:
Complete Part One of the workbook before class (requirements 1, 2, 6, OR 7).
CURRICULUM:
Requirements 3, 4, 5, 6 OR 7 will be completed during class (part two of the workbook). Pre-requisites will also be reviewed during class.
CLASS SIZE:
10
WOOD CARVING Wood Carving Merit Badge Requirements, 2006 PRE-REQUISITE REQUIREMENTS ARE PRINTED IN BOLD UNDERLINED RED ITALICS & MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE CLASS. 1. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while wood carving including minor cuts and scratches and splinters. 2. Do the following: a) Earn the Totin’Chip recognition. b) Discuss with your merit badge counselor your understanding of the Safety Checklist for Carving. 3. Do the following: a) Explain to your counselor, orally or in writing, the care and use of five types of tools that you may use in a carving project. b) Tell your counselor how to care for and use several types of sharpening devices, then demonstrate that you know how to use these devices. 4. Using a piece of scrap wood or a project on which you are working, show your merit badge counselor that you know how to do the following: a) Paring cut b) Basic cut and push cut c) Score line d) Stop cut 5. Tell why different woods are used for different projects. Explain why you chose the type of wood you did for your projects in requirements 6 and 7. 6. Plan your own or select a project from the Wood Carving merit badge pamphlet and complete a simple carving in the round. 7. Complete a simple low-relief OR a chip carving project.
WOOD CARVING WORKBOOK PART ONE, PRE-REQUSITIES Name Unit # Council
District
Part One of the workbook must be completed before class. Bring the entire workbook (part one and part two) with you to class.
1. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while wood carving including minor cuts and scratches and splinters.
First Aid for: Minor cuts Cuts Splinters
2. Do the following: a) Earn the Totin’Chip recognition.
Totin’Chip recognition: date: b) Discuss with your merit badge counselor your understanding of the Safety Checklist for Carving. Understanding the Safety Checklist for Carving: The “Safety Checklist for Carving” can be found in the Wood Carving Merit Badge Pamphlet, Boy Scouts of America.
6. Plan your own or select a project from the Wood Carving merit badge pamphlet and complete a simple carving in the round.
Simple carving in the round: date:
7. Complete a simple low-relief OR a chip carving project.
Low-relief OR chip carving project: date:
WOOD CARVING WORKBOOK PART TWO, CLASS CURRICULUM Name Unit # Council
District
Part Two of the workbook will be completed during class.
3. Do the following: a) Explain to your counselor, orally or in writing, the care and use of five types of tools that you may use in a carving project.
Wood carving tools: Types of tool
Care
Use
1 2 3 4 5
b) Tell your counselor how to care for and use several types of sharpening devices, then demonstrate that you know how to use these devices. Sharpening devices: Type of device
Care
Use
Demonstrate you know how to use these devices: date: date:
WOOD CARVING WORKBOOK, PART TWO, p.2 Name
4. Using a piece of scrap wood or a project on which you are working, show your merit badge counselor that you know how to do the following: a) Paring cut date: b) Basic cut and push cut date: c) Score line date: d) Stop cut date:
5. Tell why different woods are used for different projects. Explain why you chose the type of wood you did for your projects in requirements 6 and 7.
Different woods for different projects:
Wood choices for requirements 6 and 7:
6. Plan your own or select a project from the Wood Carving merit badge pamphlet and complete a simple carving in the round.
Simple carving in the round: date:
7. Complete a simple low-relief OR a chip carving project.
Simple low-relief OR chip carving project: date:
BOOKS Beiderman, Charles, and William Johnston. The Beginner’s handbook of Woodcarving Dover Publications, 1988. Berry, P. Start a Craft Wood Carving. Book Sales, 1996. Bridgewater, Alan. Carving Totem Poles and Masks: Native American Folk Art Sterling, 1996. Green, Larry. First Projects for Wood Carvers: A Pictorial Introduction to Wood Carving. Schiffler, 1996. Guldan, mary D. The Complete Beginner’s Wood Carving Workbook: Ten Ready-to-Use Patterns. Fox Chapel, 1996. Hillyer, John. Woodcarving: 20 Great Projects for Beginners and Weekend Carvers. Lark Books, 2002. Tangerman, Elmer. Carving animals in Wood. Dover, 1995. Whittling and Woodcarving. Dover Publications, 1962. Tonery, Tina. Easy Weekend Carving Projects: A Complete, Illustrated manual. Fox Chapel, 1996.
